OSU's Marcus Smart and Markel Brown during the last seconds of the game against Oregon in the second round of the NCAA Basketball tournament in San Jose, CA, Mar. 21, 2013. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

He labeled his performance ‘disappointing', called his team's lack of physicality ‘embarrassing' and honestly owned up to the Cowboys' disappointing 68-55 loss to Oregon, which prematurely ended his freshman season in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

But when focus expectedly shifted toward whether that defeat had also ended his career at Oklahoma State, Smart's answers went a bit cold.

“I don't know,” Smart said on multiple occasions, brushing off any talk of whether he would declare early for the NBA Draft.

“I have no idea. We just came off this loss. I'm going to get back home and go from there.”

But until that decision is made and announced, it'll remain the multimillion dollar question hovering over OSU's basketball program.

Widely considered a lottery lock, Smart has the chance to cash in big.